Decrees on Accusation against French Princes and Rebels
France Paris Jan 5 National Assembly decrees accuse Louis Stanislas Xavier Charles Philippe and others of conspiracy against state and constitution. Measures demand rapid action, reports from executive agents, and a plan for further accusations within three days. Marshal Pe Rockamszar and Luckner praised as loyal generals by the King. In England, Clerkenwell Sessions House notes amusing excuses from those summoned for public service.
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National Assembly
Payces
Europe
Louis XV
France
Louis Stanislas Xavier
Cxrarines
Grecorre Riquerti
Constituent Assembly
Phat
Charles Poilippe
Leis Joseph
Krenco
N. Calenne
N. Lagaille
Grepone Riguetti
Fortren
M. Pe Narsonne
M. Lucewner
M. Rocnambeau
Marechal de France
Kina
Kivo
M. Pe Rockamszar
M.rs Luckner
England
Grand Jumies
Sessions House
Clerkenwell
Residents Seek Excuses At Busy Market Meeting
In a crowded session a nursing member asks for pardon, another requests excuse to hear urgent intelligence from the West Indies, a third cites a solicitor’s letter on important business, and a poulterer from St James's Market pleads for release due to peak season.
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West Indies
St. James’s Market
Rumors of Arcupuxy Francis Killing General Lacy Debunked
A January report rejects the tale that Arcupuxy Francis, brother to the Emperor, killed General Lacy, calling the story a malice fabrication. Paris exchanges favor Paris 250 to 100 London. French Republicans plan July 14 as liberty era and Jacobins urge insurrectionary preaching, aiming worldwide missionary activity and the downfall of Christian dogma.
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Francis
Lacy
Paris
London
Stmp
Earth
Heaven
France Fixes Era of the Revolution and Allegations Against Princes
National Assembly debates the epoch for the revolution with proposals to set January 1 1792 as the birth of liberty. Declarations cover public coinage and diplomatic notes. M de Bertrand defends himself against Brest Jacobins as Faucher accuses ministerial hired applause. Judgment postponed.
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Battalion de la Correze
France
M. ‘de Bertrand
Brest
Faucher
M. de Bertrand
High National Court Decrees Reform Amid Coupon Proposals
On January 3 the assembly noted many forged assignats in circulation and urged bearers of Coupons to present them at the Treasury before April, after which they would stop being current. The session adjourned to a later fitting, while the remaining time focused on organizing the High National Court and passing decrees related to it.
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High National Court
Address from Avignon and Cambreset plot in Avignon
An evening address from Avignon denounces a palace fire and prisoner removal to the Citadel, demanding M de Choisy and his troops quit the town. A Perpignan letter recounts a November 13 coalition by officers and civilians to seize the Citadel, later abandoned, with arms then used by troops under unclear orders, resulting in internal strife and some officers fleeing to Spain.
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Avignon
M. de Choisy
Perpignan
Cambretrs
Collieure
Spain
Military Committee Files Accusation Against Forty One Officers
The Military Committee reports a conspiracy by regiment officers to overthrow liberty. Evidence cites fuudalterns and soldiers, plus a store-keeper claim that M Dufaillant ordered 150 parcels of ball cartridges and carrion balls. Flight to Collicure and a self-inflicted death in Spain are noted. Decree of Accusation sanctions Schadler, Dufaillant, and others totaling forty one.
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Spain
M. Schadler
M. Dufaillant
Question on High National Court Decrees Sanction Debate
January 4 report on whether decrees organizing the High National Court should be sanctioned. The Reporter from the Committee of Legislation favored approval. Debate adjourned to January 6. An Englishman, Mr Gays, donated 1000 livres to the Assembly and was praised. Questions arose about accepting it versus Geneva practice. Paslorat argued that the Englishman is now a Frenchman and his gift should be accepted. The decision: honor the gift noted in the Journals.
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Gays
Geneva
Paslorat
Royal Family to Move to London for Winter Season
London reports the Royal Family will retreat to town next Monday for the winter season. Bishops and nobility arrive or gather in the capital as Newmarket races draw criticism for vice and expected withdrawal of the high society. The pope and French affairs are touched upon with beatifications and diplomatic arrivals noted amid warnings of conflict and markets.
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Durham
Cavendish Square
Earlish Countess of Harcourt
Nuneham
Oxfordshire
Newmarket
Calais
Woburn
George Inn
Morcan
M. d’Arrois
M. Pe Ta
Metz
Belgic
House of Austria
Treves
Pucia
Iflansda
South America
Sierra Leona
East Indies
United States of America
M. de Mafhere
Foulon
M. de Mafiiere
France
Whimsical Pantomime Extravaganza At The Theatre
A lively notice describes a late performance of Wirp Oars in which Sir George Thunder appears active despite an accident. A public rehearsal of a pantomime procession and tournament parodies famed knights and chivalry figures with burlesque caricatures including Giant-Failure and Bic Sam. The piece hails the well-run show and promises amusement for Cymon and his hundred knights.
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George Thunder
Bruy Braap
Paine Gsyoney
Jack
Guy Fail Warack
Don Quixotte
Moore
Moore’ Hall
Gian
Bic Sam
St. Dennis
Taylor
Faoe
Cymon
The Late Lord Craven Funeral Procession Details
The corpse of the late Lord Craven was brought from London and laid in state at Coombe Abbey. A royal funeral procession moved via the park to Binley church with six horsemen, banners, and mourning. The body lay in crimson velvet, escorted by grooms and mourners, with tenants following and the horse tripped to end the procession at Coombe-park. He died at Lausanne on September 26, likely from a brain cyst linked to a December 1789 accident.
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Lord Craven
London
Coombe-abbey
Binley
Warwickshire
Shropshire
Berkshire
Middlesex
Coombe-park
Lausanne
Mons. Bachner
Hamburgh 3
Royal pay reform boosts private soldiers bread rations
His Majesty orders further pay adjustments for private soldiers, halting a small daily deduction and replacing twelve shillings yearly with a daily allowance of bread worth a pound and a half per man. Officers will supervise weighing and delivery amid broader military provisioning changes. Also noted are a 6000 stand arms contract with Mr Taylor of Birmingham and emigration plans to Botany Bay, alongside canal improvements and a high-valued share sale.
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Tayor
Birmingham
Botany Bay
Farely and
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